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Payroll Accounting (Explanation) In addition to the amount withheld from its employees for Social Security taxes, the employer must contribute/remit an additional amount, which is an expense for the employer. In the year 2018, the employer's portion of the Social Security tax is 6.2% of the first $128,400 of an employee's annual wages and salary. For example, if an employee earns $40,000 of wages, the entire $40,000 is subject to the Social Security tax. This means that in addition to the withholding of $2,480, the employer must also pay $2,480.
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Employers' Responsibility for FICA Payroll Taxes An employer's federal payroll tax responsibilities include withholding from an employee's compensation and paying an employer's contribution for Social Security and Medicare taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).
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- You must report each of these items separately on Forms 941 and W-2. The tax rate for Social Security is 6.2 percent each for employers and employees (12.4 percent total). The tax rate for Medicare is 1.45 percent each for employers and employees (2.9 percent total).
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- The Social Security tax functions very much like a flat tax. A single rate of 12.4% is applied to wage and self-employment income earned by a worker up to a maximum dollar limit. Half of this tax is paid for by the employee in the form of payroll withholding. The other half of this tax is paid for by the employer.
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Instructions for Form 941 (01/2018) The social security wage base limit is $118,500. Additional Medicare Tax Beginning January 1, 2013, employers are responsible for withholding the 0.9% Additional Medicare Tax on an employee's wages and compensation that exceeds a threshold amount based on the employee’s filing status.
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- The Federal Insurance Contributions Act is the federal law that requires you to withhold two separate taxes from the wages you earn. It includes Social Security Tax and Medicare Tax at a flat percentage rate. The Social Security Tax is 6.2% rate of your wages, and the Medicare Tax is 1.45% of your wages. If you earn more than $200,000, you will also be taxed an additional 0.9% Medicare surtax. You’re not the only one paying for FICA, however. Your employer is also matching the Social Security Tax of 6.2% and the Medicare tax of 1.45% of your wages. This is extremely important to understand if you are an independent contractor, as you will be responsible for paying on your wages earned, and matching that amount, as you are your own employer.
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When Do I Stop Paying Social Security Tax? Here's a quick refresher on the Social Security basics: If you work for an employer, your gross wages are currently taxed at 6.2%. Your employer matches that amount and sends a total of 12.4% to the government. If you work for yourself, then you pay the entire 12.4% of your earnings into Social Security because you are, in effect, both employee and employer; this is officially known as the Self-Employment Tax. (For more on the latter, see Starting A Small Business: Taxes .). First of all: those making the big bucks.
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Do 401 (k) Deductions Reduce FICA Wages? Suppose you contribute 10 percent of your pay in your employer's 401(k) plan and contributions are deducted on a pre-tax basis. Your gross pay is $1,788.54 for the biweekly pay period. Your employer matches employee contributions 100 percent to a maximum of 10 percent.n this case, the Social Security tax calculation is 4.2 percent multiplied by $1,788.54, which works out to be $75.12. The Medicare tax portion is $25.93, or 1.45 percent multiplied by $1,788.54. Your total FICA taxes are $101.05.
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Employers' Responsibility for FICA Payroll Taxes You must withhold these amounts from an employee's wages. The law also requires you to pay the employer's portion of two of these taxes: a 6.2 percent Social Security tax; and. a 1.45 percent Medicare tax (the “regular” Medicare tax).
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- Your employer will withhold 7.65 percent in Social Security and Medicare taxes on your $78,000 in earnings. You must pay 15.3 percent in Social Security and Medicare taxes on your first $40,500 in self-employment earnings and 2.9 percent in Medicare tax on the remaining $200 in net earnings.or example, if you will have $30,000 in wages and $40,000 in self-employment income in 2015, you will pay the appropriate Social Security taxes on both your wages and business earnings.
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Employers' Responsibility for FICA Payroll Taxes In other words, you withhold a 6.2 percent Social Security tax from your employee’s wages and you pay an additional 6.2 percent as your employer share of the tax (6.2 employee portion + 6.2 employer portion = 12.4 percent total).
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Payroll If you’re self-employed, you pay the combined employee and employer amount, which is a 12.4 percent Social Security tax on up to $118,500 of your net earnings and a 2.9 percent Medicare tax on your entire net earnings.
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Payroll Accounting (Explanation) In addition to the amount withheld from its employees for Social Security taxes, the employer must contribute/remit an additional amount, which is an expense for the employer. In the year 2017, the employer's portion of the Social Security tax is 6.2% of the first $127,200 of an employee's annual wages and salary.
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Personal Vs. Employer Contributions to a Tax-Deductible HSA Employer contributions to the HSA are not considered part of the employee's income and are not reported as such on the employee's individual tax return. For this reason, the employee can only deduct his portion of the contribution to the HSA to save on tax liability. The savings potential for employees who make after-tax contributions to the account is between 15 and 32 percent, depending upon the employee's tax bracket.
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Self-Employment and Social Security Once you become self-employed, you'll have to pay both the employer and employee shares of Social Security taxes on your earnings — a total of 12.4 percent of your covered earnings in 2015. You'll also pay a total of 2.9 percent Medicare tax on all your earnings.
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What Is the 2016 Maximum Social Security Tax? What many people don't realize about Social Security payroll taxes is that their employer also pays into the system on their behalf. Employers pay a matching 6.2% Social Security tax on behalf of their employees, bringing the total tax paid to 12.4%. The same wage base limit applies to the employer portion of the tax.
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What Is the Maximum Social Security Tax? Your employer also pays 6.2 percent of your paycheck to the government for Social Security taxes — known as the employer contribution — making the effective tax rate 12.4 percent. If you’re self-employed, you don’t have an employer to pay half the Social Security tax; you’re on the hook for the entire 12.4 percent.
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Social Security and Medicare Taxes The employee tax rate for social security is 6.2% for 2013. The employer tax rate for social security remains unchanged at 6.2%. The social security wage base limit is $113,700. The 2013 employee tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% (amount withheld) each for the employee and employer (2.9% total).
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Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax Since 2013, the employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax has been 6.2% of gross compensation up to a limit that adjusts with inflation. The taxation limit in 2014 was $117,000 of gross compensation, resulting in a maximum Social Security tax for 2014 of $7,254.
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- The employer portion of payroll taxes includes the following: 1  Social Security taxes (6.2 percent up to the annual maximum) 2  Medicare taxes (1.45 percent of wages) 3  Federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) 4  State unemployment taxes (SUTA)
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RESEARCH SUMMARY: Effects of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs on Social Security Taxable Wages As a result, the share of total compensation paid to those workers that was taxed for Social Security also fell 1.8 percent. Among workers with wages above the wage ceiling, however, the growth in employer health insurance costs caused the proportion of compensation paid as wages to decline only 0.2 percent. of 2010, Public Law 111-148, may cause either the cost of employer-sponsored plans or the distribution of those costs across wage levels to shift. Either of those shifts can affect the percentage of compensation subject to Social Security taxes.
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- The difference between personal and employer contributions. Personal pension contributions. When a salary is paid to a basic rate taxpayer, it is subject to income tax (20%) and National Insurance (NI) (12%). This means for every £1,000 of salary, a total of £320 is deducted, leaving £680 after all tax has been paid.
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Publication 15 - Introductory Material The employee tax rate for social security is 6.2%. Previously, the employee tax rate for social security was. 4.2%. The employer tax rate for social security remains. unchanged at 6.2%. The social security wage base limit. is $113,700. The Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for the. employee and employer, unchanged from 2012. There. is no wage base limit for Medicare tax. Employers should implement the 6.2% employee. social security tax rate as soon as possible, but not later. than February 15, 2013.
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Small-business plansâeasy, low-cost ways to save for retirement Maximum employer contribution per eligible employee is $53,000 for the 2016 tax year, and $54,000 for the 2017 tax year. Maximum tax deductible employer contribution is 25% of compensation. Deductible as a business expense and not required every year. Employee contributions. Either pre-tax or Roth employee deferral contributions can be made for up to $18,000 for the 2016 and 2017 tax years ($24,000 for employees age 50 or older). Contributions can't exceed 100% of compensation.
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Learn About Social Security Taxes The Social Security tax functions very much like a flat tax. A single rate of 12.4% is applied to wage and self-employment income earned by a worker up to a maximum dollar limit. Half of this tax is paid for by the employee in the form of payroll withholding. The other half of this tax is paid for by the employer. Self-employed persons pay both halves of the Social Security tax since they are both the employee and the employer.
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Self-Employment and Social Security Paying Social Security and Medicare taxes. If you work for an employer, you and your employer each. pay a 6.2 percent Social Security tax on up to $127,200. of your earnings and a 1.45 percent Medicare tax on all. earnings. If you’re self-employed, you pay the combined. employee and employer amount, which is a 12.4 percent.